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Reviews by biboergosum:

650ml bottle. The current shade of Dragon is single hopped with Citra.

This beer pours a clear, quite bright medium golden yellow hue, with two fingers of puffy, cushioned, creamy eggshell white head, which leaves some billowing smoke lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.

It smells of bready, biscuity malt, that bread lightly buttered, with some muddled orange and lime citrus, a bit of underripe pineapple, slightly musty kiwi, and a hint of stale uric acid. The taste is more fruity up front than in the aroma, the tropical nature bolstered by pineapple, dry lychee, and guava notes, while the grainy, lightly toasted caramel malt does well to provide a suitably enveloping backdrop. That cat piss from the nose has thankfully burned off.

The carbonation is rather lolling and gentle, the body a decent medium weight, with a wee tackiness marring an otherwise pedestrian smoothness. It finishes off-dry, that bready, somewhat yeasty Alley Kat malt sweetness contending ably with the lingering musty tropical fruit hoppiness.

Another good offering in this single-hop series, this time the Citra hop seems more than capable of shouldering the load. However, the one unintended consequence as I've surfed through the various hop incarnations is a keenly sharpened awareness of the base beer's malt character. Perhaps I should be tasting the subsequent Dragons alongside each other, but that's what stands out to me here. That, and the feeling that this still straddles the line between IPA and DIPA, and it's starting to bug me.

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A - clear bubbly golden, big thumb of head held its own leaving plenty of spikes of lacing
S - fruity, bubble gum, grassy, with light pale grains
T - tropical fruits with touches of bubble gum, mint, and fresh grass, with a pale grainy backbone, this is very fresh and refreshing
M - light and well carbonated, juicy and fresh through the middle with a pleasant dry finish
O - this is somewhere between a IPA and DIPA in terms of bite, but its so deliciously fresh and drinkable that it overcomes my penchant for palate testing hoppiness, another big winner from the best IPA series out there

From a 650 ml brown bottle. Pours out a bright light orange hue, slightly hazed, with a tall frothy white head that slowly settles.

Bready malt on the nose that offers a solid backbone, with an assertive hop presence that displays notes of lemon, tangerine and grapefruit.

Grainy, bready malt up front in the flavour, whereas the hops present notes of citrus rind and pith, a combination of lemon and grapefruit, with some oily, sticky astringency that sticks to the palate. Citrus rind seems to build in the aftertaste before eventually subsiding. This one will walk around with you for a while!

Medium-bodied mouthfeel, texture is full and smooth, with a somewhat brisk carbonation maintains some balance overall.

As a whole one of the most successful--or perhaps scratch that--most enjoyable of the Dragon DIPA series thus far, however Citra hops are nearly a sure thing anytime, they are what they are and typically deliver the goods. In this case they do just that and work well with the malt base of this particular series. Within the top 3 of the Dragon series thus far, the Red Dragon Simcoe still holding top spot in my opinion.

T maybe just a little spruce I wasn't smelling but it mimics the nose quite well, has a hop candy thing working for it, just a little citric rind but I can't quite place

M leaning towards full, no heat and just a little sticky, carbonation takes a second to cream things up and a nice bitter bite, citrus rind lingers on the finish

O one of, if not my favorite Dragon so far, I've almost drank the whole bottle already and I haven't been typing that long, I might call it an IPA and a half not quite double in my eyes but a solid beer

Citra's one hop I think can hold its own on its own, pretty solid brew that I'd drink again and I'm stoked Alley Kat keeps pumping them out

T - Light, bright, juicy hops. Strong passionfruit and something that reminds of syrupy fruits. Not exactly canned peaches, but a sugary syrup covered mango. I imagine this is what hop candies would taste like. Not much malt to speak of.

M - Good tingly carbonation, medium body. Pineapple core and mild alcohol in the finish with a noticeable bitterness.

O/D - This was a pretty solid IPA. Not quite the strength for 'double' territory, but it held its own. Complex and drinkable. Very hop forward and a good showcase of Citra.

Pours a bright golden color with a one finger off white head, lots of bubbles. Nice, smooth appearance.

Aroma consists of juicy, tropical notes. Smells very nice. Smells like sweet orange, guava, lychee, pineapple. Slight piney note to it. It is very good, but it would be perfect if it was a little bit stronger.

Tropical fruit flavor on the tongue, followed by a nice bitter finish with some piney, earthy and bready notes. It's pretty bitter, but not tongue smashing bitter. Just right, and makes the drinkability pretty high. Could use a bit more tropical notes to it, but it's still good.

Nice smooth, medium body to it. Decent amount of carbonation and just feels very nice in the mouth.

A very nice Citra hopped DIPA from Alley Kat's Dragon Series. Perfect for the summer.